Evil Vibrations I think there was a time, long ago and far away, when audiophiles didn’t obsess about things like equipment isolation. I don’t really know. It’s hard to focus past my own OCD. The […]
Just got this from Berkeley Audio: The Alpha USB computer interface has now been announced and has a retail price of $1,695. Please contact your Berkeley Audio Design dealer for more information. We will have […]
I’ve always been a bit mystified by all the graphs that Stereophile publishes, I’ll just admit that now. Some of them are pretty self-explanatory, like the impedance graphs, make sense. If they dip too low, […]
I keep getting asked about this, so I thought I’d repost it from it’s original thread over at Computer Audiophile. I could have sworn I already did this, but I’m tired and lazy tonight, so […]
The long-awaited Berkeley Audio Designs off-box USB-S/PDIF converters have finally been completed. These units will allow computer audio users to plug their Macs (and PCs, with an included driver) directly into their high end music […]
Got a call today from Magnepan — the first of the new Magnepan 3.7s have left the factory! The only dealer anywhere near my neighborhood was The Gifted Listener in Centreville, VA. They received their […]
You’ll hear it from just about anyone you care to solicit feedback from that “the room” is the most important thing when it comes to sound quality. Ok, maybe not the most, but it will […]
I might have mentioned that I have a relatively new pair of Merlin VSM-MXR speakers? Yes? Well, I do. And they’re awesome. The immediacy and intimacy of them are just crazy-good. They’re also wicked-fast and […]
Luckily for me, Evolution A/V in Tyson’s Corner, VA, has a pair of Revel Ultima Salon 2s on the floor. I hit the showroom at about lunchtime as I figured it’d be dead and I […]
I was just trying to think of a way to describe what it is that’s happened to the sound of the big Plinius SA-Reference when I swapped in the new Furutech fuses. And then, Positive […]
Well, ask and you shall receive. I’ve been soliciting feedback from anyone who’ll provide it as to what would be a great, but not stratospherically priced, full-range loudspeaker. The feedback has been pretty interesting, and […]
So, where to go from here? I have a pair of lovely Merlin VSM-MXR speakers that want for nothing. My room, on the other hand, wants for quite a bit. So, I’m on the hunt […]
Sometimes, but only occasionally, an every so often kind of thing happens. Today, I had one of those things happen. I got to audition a Transmission Audio M1i monitor. These things aren’t terribly big, but […]
I went to pick up Scot Markwell’s (of Elite A/V) show-room demo Plinius Koru phono preamp from Command Performance A/V today. This is that phono stage that I had a devil of a time finding […]
The Magnepan 3.7 was announced at CES this January, to great fanfare, cannonade and flights of angles. Just about every reviewer that has heard them has waxed poetic about the brilliance of the new design. […]
I don’t often get the opportunity to learn much about what’s coming. Occasionally, I luck into something, however. Like this beauty: This is the new Ars Sonum Gran Filarmonia, coming this summer to a Merlin […]
I’ve set up a Facebook page. I’m not sure why. There is no “word” I need to get out, or anything. But it is a “thing” so here I am, fooling around with it. More […]
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